Gyöngyössy Márton (szerk.): Perspectives on the Past. Major Excavations in County Pest (Szentendre, 2008)
(1st-4th centuries AD) one-time occupation surface amounts to 1.5 meters in some spots. Three of the earlier assumed five rectangular towers were identified along the wall by the southern and northern gate towers. A section of the road paved with large stones leading through the western, decumana area was identified in the fort’s interior together with a smaller street crossing the road. The pillar bases of the one-time portico were brought to light at the junction. Flanking the wide road were the barracks with a stone foundation and adobe or timber walls, where the soldiers were quartered. A road connected the fort’s western wall with the various buildings, enabling the immediate regrouping of the troops if necessary. The finds and the observations made during the excavations all indicate that the Roman fort of Ulcisia : castra was built in the later 2nd century. Outstanding among the many thousands of small finds of pottery, ИИ animal bones, metal and glass articles, are the over 6000 terra sigillata fragments and over 3000 Roman coins. Ш The bone stiffening plaques of the bows, a handful of iron spearheads and a lead-weighted throwing weapon called plumbata were all that survived of the armament of the Syrian archers, who garrisoned the fort. • Éva Maróti 1. Bone hairpins 12. Engraved gemma from a finger-ring 3. Silver ring with the figure of a supplicant 4. Section of the fort's ditch 5. Excavation of a building in the fort's interior 6. Bone plaques of the bows used by the Syrian archers 7. Openwork bronze mounts 8. Broken clay figurines of Priapus and Venus ,sra 9. Bone belt-loop 10. Obverse of a late Roman coin with the head of the emperor V Reverse of a coin depicting two soldiers bearing a military trophy and the legend gloria exercitus ("Glory of the Army") 12. Late Roman grave by the fort wall The area by the porta decumana and the north-eastern fan shaped tower was investigated in 2006. The height of the surviving walls of the corner tower and the gate towers from the
